Developing animation

I started to really get into animation in the second week of the fine art rotation. I really liked looking at William Kentridge's video's on youtube. It showed me how there are different styles of animation that I had never explored before. I wanted to try out some more animation in Kentridge's style, but the idea of doing something so intricate was very different from my usual style. I normally enjoy sketching quickly because I like drawings to be dynamic and full of energy and I feel that if I spend too long on one sketch it starts to look quite static.
I also wanted to incorporate tracing paper in my animations in some way. On the study day I had done some sketches on tracing paper that I layered up to make a complete 'scene' and I really liked the effect- the layering had left traces of beginning sketches.

That was part one of my first attempt, here is the second bit.

I was quite happy with these first attempts, but I thought it was a bit too long and the sketches were a bit figurative. The tutors helped me think to develop these ideas and suggested incorporating some of the photos I had taken earlier in the week.

I later edited this second attempt by putting garden sounds like birds tweeting and then everyday sounds like buses over the top. I liked it but it was also slightly distracting.